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Claim that warm water is effective in curing epilepsy, others is FALSE

Health
By Olayinka SHEHU. A VIRAL post on WhatsApp retrieved on August 16 claims that drinking warm water ‘will resolve’ many health conditions, including epilepsy and high...

Gaining Trust for the Media in the Fake News Era – ICFJ Knight/ICIR/FactCheckHub webinar series

Webinar
Media experts take a look at the role of the media in combatting misinformation in the fake news era.

Trending video alleging Somalia’s president in fisticuffs with deputy is FALSE

General
By Olayinka SHEHU. A TRENDING video posted on microblogging site, Twitter by Nana Kwame Ahoufe, a Ghanaian Television presenter that the president of Somalia and his vice-president are...

Claim on resignation of Ganduje’s aide on graveyard TRUE but tweet MISLEADING

Politics
ON August 10, a former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Odinkalu, tweeted that Yakubu Nagoda an aide to the Governor of Kano...

Claim that Dubai banned Nigerians from entering the city due to alleged criminality is FALSE

Government Policy
By Olayinka SHEHU. BLESSING Ramoba, a South African, in a Twitter message on July 10 made a claim that  Dubai had banned Nigerians from entering the city. Ramoba, who...

Has FG implemented 14 of 15-point demand by JOHESU? No

Government Policy
By Chikezie OMEJE. Isaac Adewole, the Minister of Health, has claimed that the Federal Government has implemented 14 of the 15-point demand that prompted the strike...

COVID-19: Nigeria ranks second out of 10 countries with highest confirmed cases in Africa

COVID-19
By Damilola OJETUNDE. NIGERIA, with a 16.4 percent infection rate is the second most infected country of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) out of the 10 countries...

Nigerian Embassy debunks claim that US is set to give 5,000 Nigerians work visas for 2 years

Government Policy
By Amos ABBA. A FACEBOOK post has been circulating on social media stating that the United States, US, government had made an announcement to grant 5,000...

Ayade was wrong saying social distancing not effective control against Covid-19

COVID-19
By YEKEEN Akinwale. BEN Ayade, Governor of Cross River State and also a professor of Microbiology stirred controversy recently when he said the practice of social distancing might...

Has ex-Police Inspector Olalekan Ogunyemi charged with killing Kolade Johnson been released?

Security
By Seun DUROJAIYE. A RECENT post shared on Twitter by a lady identified as ije12002, claiming that ex-Police Inspector Olalekan Ogunyemi charged with killing Kolade Johnson...
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